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Will's Play of the Week #5: I Need to L2S

🕑 Added 2025-10-04 16:55:22 +0000 UTC

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Will Anderson

I have a theory that individual pieces of Scrabble logic aren't actually all that difficult to grasp much of the time, but having to process so many of them at once while also working so hard to even *generate* the plays to choose from is why we can miss plays like this on a regular basis.

Will Anderson

Exactly...there are so many things to juggle in the heat of the moment. Seeing SEC (or SECT) is one thing, but looking into the mess of the unseen tiles and drawing the most impactful conclusion (lack of S's and T's) is another.

XandoToaster

I quickly came to the right idea for what to focus on, but then completely failed to spot the right move, lmao. It's good to see that my strategy instincts are right, but I gotta work on that board vision.

Joe Chen

Wow quite happy I found the idea. Great puzzle for my level as someone else also said.

John Doe

This was an excellent puzzle for my level. I paused the video and I did find the play, but this is the sort of play that I would normally miss. At my level, though, I wasn't sure how many hooks there were. I looked it up and evidently there are four hooks in Collins.

George

adorable kitty!!!

Daniel Blake

I saw the spot but only saw SECT - I didn't think about playing less. I guess that's it's own lesson, is knowing when to keep the hook for a word and when to claim it right away.